Campaign news archive - March 2015

UK budget: Osborne blowing in the wind
By Michael Roberts
So now we have had the final Conservative-Liberal annual budget before the UK general election in May. The Chancellor (finance minister) George Osborne waxed ecstatic in parliament that under his tutelage, the UK economy was the fastest growing in the G7 and in Europe and had created more jobs than anywhere else. [continue...]

Budget 2015: Brutal cuts hidden behind ‘unreal rhetoric’
In the last Budget of a Chancellor under whom the wealthiest have got wealthier and the poorest have got poorer, yet again it is the poorest who will suffer as a result of today’s Budget with £13bn cut from public services and £12bn further benefit cuts. [continue...]

Support Keith Henderson for GMB General Secretary
Following the statement of the 23rd February 2015, indicating that Keith Henderson will be seeking nominations, for the forthcoming General Secretary election in the GMB: this supplementary statement is being issued to clarify the reasons as to why nominations are being sought. [continue...]